Out of the past 3/15/14

1989

Grapes, nectarines, pears and other summer-time fruits imported from Chile are being pulled from food shelves here and across America following the discovery of two grapes bearing traces of cyanide; a government edict Tuesday puts a 72-hour ban on any additional imports from Chile.

Area book stores are selling Elmore Leonard's newest offering, "Killshot," a thriller set in Cape Girardeau.

1964

Boy Scout Troop 5 performed a public service project yesterday by cleaning the right of way on 5.4 miles of the Cape Girardeau-Jackson stretch of Highway 61; the cleanup netted two pickup truck loads of litter, mostly beer cans.

The new Central Junior High School is opened to the public in the afternoon for dedication ceremonies and a tour of the building.

1939

A rose-planting campaign is launched by the Cape Girardeau Garden Club; in the drive, which continues to April 1, the club hopes to get 3,000 or more rose bushes planted; the city's official flower is the rose.

The new knitting mill at Jackson has begun to turn out its finished product: hosiery for women; "finished" isn't quite the right word, as the hosiery still has to be dyed, but that task is done elsewhere; one machine is now in operation, and three more are being assembled; it takes four weeks to assemble one machine, which has 235,000 parts.

1914

Professors J. Schaller of the Milwaukee Lutheran Theological Seminary and H. Lobeck of St. Paul's College in Concordia, Mo., have accepted invitations to preach at the 60th anniversary celebration of Trinity Lutheran Church here; both were pastors of the local congregation; the celebration will be held May 24.

Henry Coerver of Delta, Colo., arrives here for a short visit with his parents; Coerver is vice president of two banks in Colorado.

-- Sharon K. Sanders